About Cotsen Hall
Cotsen Hall is the School's state-of-the-art auditorium and available for public rental for lectures, concerts and other events. Opened in 2005, the space seats 370 and is already becoming one of Athens' cultural hubs.
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News & Events

2008-2009 Annual Appeal Underway
The annual appeal has recently been sent out to all members and friends of the American School. Read the Director's special message here and consider making a gift to the ASCSA.
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$1 million grant from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
A recent grant award of $1 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation provides endowment support to augment pre-doctoral fellowships and for the School’s core academic program.
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Capital Campaign News

Through several reports over the last seven years, the Managing Committee and Boards of Trustees have articulated strategic goals for the School that include:

Strengthening and enriching the academic program;
Supporting the highest standard of excellence in research, including the development of new avenues for understanding the Greek world;
Providing the resources to make the excavations at Ancient Corinth and the Agora the models for multi-disciplinary and technologically-advanced archaeological work in the archaeological world;
Improving, expanding and maintaining the School’s facilities to support the research and teaching mission;
Improving the technological infrastructure necessary to support and enhance the School’s programs;
Sustaining a world-class publications program capable of presenting the School’s research to the highest academic standards, and harnessing electronic technologies to disseminate this work as widely as possible;
Strengthening the financial base of the School’s operations.

In order to achieve these goals the School has begun planning for a major Capital Campaign and has engaged the services of Campbell & Co., a national consulting firm, to assist us. The major activity in this next period is a philanthropic market study that consists of confidential interviews with key constituents (current and former Trustees, some Managing Committee members, alumni/ae, donors, potential donors, and foundation representatives). Concurrently, a Master Planning Study is being conducted in Athens, with the architectural firm of K. Kyriakidis examining various solutions to space and renovation issues at the School. The critical projects identified from this study will be among the major goals of the Capital Campaign. Increasing the endowment of the School will be a major priority of the Campaign.

For more information about the Capital Campaign, please contact , Administrative Director.